Making Eyes The season's smartest beauty investment: Mally Beauty Evercolor Lasting Liner, $25. Its marathon wear and two brushes translate into a parade of day-to-date liner-embellished looks straight from the spring runways.

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In a Wink Eye-color-coded makeup? That's the idea behind Eyes by Design, a new line of shadows, liners, and bases that come with illustrated instructions for totally goof-proof application. Hazel palette, $29.95.

Eye Do Since I always cry at weddings, I surely wouldn't have survived this past season without Clé de Peau Concealer, $68. A few dabs of its light-reflecting formula erase redness and subdue puffiness--while staying put through the reception.

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JUST BATTY The finely feathered Viktor & Rolf for Shu Uemura eyelashes, $95, treat eyes as works of art that deserve a proper frame. OK, so maybe they're not for every day, but the precious clamshell box and mask are display-worthy.

Half 'n' HalfBreakup to makeup: Snapping lip and eye pencils in two assures ease of application and portability. The Balm's stubby Pick-Up Liners, $18 for three, come ready to go.

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SPRING AWAKENING Dermatologist Dr. Dennis Gross gave me one more reason to be thankful winter's almost over: "Certain chemicals that dry out skin, like chlorine, are more potent in water during colder months because there's no humidity to help them evaporate," he says. Till the mercury rises, I'm stockpiling MD Skincare Purifying Bath Crystals, $42, with Himalayan salt, aloe, and calming colloidal oatmeal.

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Dolce & Gabbana Makeover?

Given the chance to fashion a makeup line, designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana crafted their signature Mediterranean-vixen aesthetic into a luxe collection of shadows, lipsticks, bronzers, and nail lacquers ($20 to $59), housed in sleek gold compacts. Will either the gold-flecked black Stromboli polish or the siren-red Iconic lipstick become the beauty version of the brand's leopard print?

Quick Tips Forever changing nail-polish colors? Sula's unique water-based formulas are for fickle-fingertip types. Pretty much chip-proof, they peel off easily when you want them to. To extend the life of the four vibrant shades ($10 each), add any base and top coat.

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Touch & GoGirls get creative when it comes to touching up haircolor between appointments (I've seen eyeshadow, mascara, even Sharpies), but now Oscar Blandi Pronto Colore Pen ($23) lends a pro's imprimatur to the tweaking. The foolproof cream formula is brushed onto roots and grays, dries in seconds, and stays put until it's shampooed out. And since it's peroxide-free, it's also pillow-safe.

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Beach RedSPLURGE A splashy getaway at the celeb-studded One&Only Resorts in an exotic locale like Mexico, the Maldives, or Dubai.STEALOne&Only Red, $28.75, a timeless polish created by Parisian pedicurist Bastien Gonzalez.

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